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. 2020 Aug 17;10:49. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_75_2020

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Figure 4: — A 45-year-old female patient presented by central chest pain and dyspnea. Recent history of immobilization. Blood pressure 110/60 mmHg and heart rate: 110 bpm. Low risk according to simplified pulmonary embolism severity index score. Non-totally occlusive saddle-shaped hypodense filling defect of pulmonary embolus is seen within the main pulmonary artery trunk. The thrombus is seen extending to the right (a) and left (b) pulmonary artery branches (c) Right to left ventricular ratio >1, indicating right ventricular dysfunction. The calculated pulmonary artery obstruction index for this patient was 50% (intermediate-risk group).